D.A. Is Investigating Trump and His Company Over Fraud, Filing Suggests
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Source: New York Times
The Manhattan district attorneys office suggested on Monday that it has been investigating President Trump and his company for possible bank and insurance fraud, a significantly broader inquiry than the prosecutors have acknowledged in the past.
The office of the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., made the disclosure in a new federal court filing arguing Mr. Trumps accountants should have to comply with its subpoena seeking eight years of his personal and corporate tax returns. Mr. Trump has asked a judge to declare the subpoena invalid.
The prosecutors did not directly identify the focus of their inquiry but said that undisputed news reports last year about Mr. Trumps business practices make it clear that the office had a legal basis for the subpoena.
The reports, including investigations into the presidents wealth and an article on the congressional testimony of his former lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen, said that the president may have illegally inflated his net worth and the value of his properties to lenders and insurers. Lawyers for Mr. Trump have said he did nothing wrong.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/nyregion/donald-trump-taxes-cyrus-vance.html
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)agingdem
(7,870 posts)Vance was elected not appointed..
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Soon as hes out of office. Bang, zoom!
Wuddles440
(1,132 posts)that's why he has absolutely no intention of leaving and has been laying the groundwork to make that a certainty.
Illumination
(2,458 posts)progree
(10,929 posts)D.A. Is Investigating Trump and His Company Over Fraud, Filing Suggests, New York Times
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142552527
Mosby
(16,395 posts)this is a dupe:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142552527